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Reprinted from ADA Morning Huddle, June 27, 2024: Investigators have examined whether artificial intelligence may help dentists detect periapical radiolucencies on imaging, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in the Journal of Dentistry. Previous research has found inconsistencies in the accuracy of diagnosing periapical radiolucencies. In the study, the investigators used the PubMed/MEDLINE, ScienceDirect and Institute of Electrical

Reprinted from ADA What’s Up Wednesday newsletter, June 20, 2024: The ADA is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision from a lower appeals court on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 that limits states’ traditional authority to regulate health care and insurance, and is at odds with a previous Supreme Court decision on the issue.

REGISTRATION IS OPEN! The 2024 ASDA Fall Seminar will return to the Spa City on September 6-7 for the outstanding program, “The Missing Link: Orofacial Pain and Sleep.” Our featured clinician, Dr. Amy Hartsfield, will present three courses on Friday, September 6 :Course 1: Dental Sleep: Signs, Symptoms, and Treatments of Sleep Breathing Disorders.Course 2: The Brainteasers of a Dental Practice:

Reprinted from ADA email, June 5, 2024: Dear Fellow Leaders: The American Dental Association has closed on the sale of its headquarters at 211 East Chicago Avenue to Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, our largest tenant in recent years. I’m pleased that the ADA will be passing the torch of 211’s storied history and health care

In a move that was not altogether surprising, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) announced on Monday that it would discontinue the Healthy Smiles Dental Managed Care program and return to the previous Fee for Service system beginning on November 1, 2024. The managed care system was implemented in 2018 following a report from the Medicaid Task Force that